Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-19

heir, notice published to-day, an election
las been ordered by them, to be held on
saturday, the 10th of February next. With
III the facts before the voters of the town.
hip, they can have no difficulty in arriving
h a solution of the question which the vot-
RS themselves have the right to determine.
CLUyERIUS HANGED.
Thomas Judson Cluverius, convicted of
he murder of his cousin Fannie Lillian
Madison, was hanged in the city Jail at
Richmond, Va, last Friday.
AS early as 8 A. NJ. people began to gath
i in the vicinity, and by noon every ap-
Proach to the Jail was packed with human
beings. The housetops and hillsides near
fhe Jail, from which sight into the Jail
hard could be had, were also crowded. Ad-
mission to the jail was only had through
tickets issued by City Sergeant Smith, who,
hough .chary in giving them out, admitted
ver two hundred persons.
The prisoner passed sleepless night,
host of the time being spent with Beverly
Erump, one of his counsel, who has done ev-
rything to save or extend his life, and who
emained with him until A. NJ, and from
HAT hour until o'clock he was engaged in
rayer and at intervals in singing hymns.
rom O'Clock until he slept soundly, and
ben arose and ate at breakfast tenderloin
eefsteak, mushrooms and an omelet.
During the morning hours there was much
REGULATION as to whether the Governor
Would further respite him, and that ques-
Ton was not finally settled until some time
b the afternoon, when Mr.. Crump, who
lad been to see the Governor, returned to
he iail and announced that executive pow
would not be interposed.
Rev. DR.. William E.. Hatcher came to
he Jail about II o'clock and remained with
he prisoner to the last, administering re-
6gious consolation to and praying with him.
At noon suit of new black clothes was
rought to the Jail and the prisoner donned
hem.
At two minutes to o'clock the death pro-
ession was formed, consisting OF Sergeant
Bmith, two deputies, Rev. DR.. Hatcher and
he prisoner, the latter having his hands
He'd in front, and his body from neck to
tnkles enveloped in an old-fashioned lady's
Waterproof cloak. From the cell the march
Progressed along the corridor and down two
lights of stairs to the lower court Of the Jail,
md then into the yard fronting the cells Of
Ehite prisoners, forty policemen being on
luty to keep back the crowd. The prisoner,
|hough thin and pale, moved with steady
fteps to the scaffold, which he assembled in
HE same quiet manner and stood on the
rap.
Sergeant Smith then read the death war
|ant or copy of the judgment of the court,
which the prisoner listened to with bowed
head and apparent close attention.
When the Sergeant had concluded, he
ssked the doomed man if he had anything
10 say, and Cluverius replied, mo, sir,
lothing at all.' His voice was scarcely au-
Slible.
DIR. Hatcher then knelt and offered feel
ing and .fervent prayer, and when he had
Flnished he turned to the prisoner, who said
few words in low tone, and DR.. Hatcher,
burning to the crowd in the yard, said: 81
Inn requested by the prisoner to utter one
word for him, and that is that in this no.
nent of death he carries to the grave no
Feeling of ill will towards any man on
(arth." DIR. Hatcher then left the scaffold.
Raising both hands as he went out, he said
he prisoner had asserted his innocence to
he last Just before leaving his cell. When
DIR. Hatcher had gone, Deputy Sergeant
Allen tied the prisoners knees tightly to-
kether, put the rope around his neck and
[djusted the black cap and hood.
Everything being ready, Sergeant Smith
ave the signal, and at eight minutes after
o'clock the trap was sprung. A sudden
wish and the clang of the falling trap door,
pd the next instant the body of Cluverius
Bas at the end of the rope, ten feet below
where he had been standing.
His death was horrible. The silk rope
lsed stretched and the moose slipped, bring
ing the condemned mans feet almost to the
(round, in fact, his toes touched the sawdust
IN the brick pavement OF the area In the
brought horror to the hearers. He did not
t@ ist but it-1sss evil
hnt that death had come from strangula-
non, In sixteen minutes he was pronounc-
(Eddead, and in twenty minutes his body
VAS cut down, laid in coffin and sent to his
amily in King and Queen county for inter-
I'm the iail yard is an electric fire alarm
6x. connected with the general system
roughout Richmond. Governor Lee had
lered that the fire alarm be turned IN
bm the Jail station at the same time the
bp fell. Promptly at 1.l0 +. M; the mas
arts of the people stood still for a moment
realize that the betrayer and murderer OF
scousin had paid the penalty of his awful
me. .
ubIic sentiment endorses the action of
sernor Lee in refusing to interfere with
decision of the Courts in this celebrated
THE STORY OF THE CRIME.
rhe following is the history of the crime
which Cluyerius was hanged:
bn the morning of the 14th of March, 1885,
l.. Rose, keeper Of the old city reser-
ir in the western part of the city, in max
s his usual round of inspection, discover
the body of woman in the reservoir:
q at once notified the city authorities and
he coroner, who had the body taken from
he water, when it was seen that it was q
hing woman about % years of age, and
6ite good looking. The coroner, after re-
{iewiilg the remains, pronounced it case
snicide, and had the body removed to
lie morgue, at the city almshouse, for iden-
Peter J. Burton, reporter on the Rich
nd Dispatch, subsequently went to the
[ryoir and then to the morgue, and his
estieation resulted in the formulation of
Aurder theory upon chain of circum-
ial evidence which drove conviction to
minds. A further examination of
BODY disclosed the fact that the unfor-
e woman was far advanced in pregnan-
luring the two days many people saw
", and it was finally recognized by